Hosea 4:8-10

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⁸“The priests fed on the people’s sins. They wanted more and more of their sin offerings.^[a] ⁹So the priests are no different from the people. I will punish them for the things they did. I will pay them back for the wrong things they did. ¹⁰They will eat, but they will not be satisfied. They will commit sexual sins, but they will not have babies.^[b] This is because they left the Lord and became like prostitutes.

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Footnotes

Hosea 4:8 This is a wordplay. The word “sins” also means “sin offerings.” So instead of eating sacrifices, the priests became hungry for sin itself.
Hosea 4:10 They … babies A part of worshiping the false gods was having sexual relations with temple prostitutes. The people thought this would make the gods happy. And then the gods would give the people large families and good crops.